Monday, June 30, 2014

Ten teams will run twenty fully electric Formula E cars at Donington Park during the first official pre-season tests this week. And the best thing is: no admission is being charged for fans wishing to attend. (only need to pre-register) After completing a private shakedown, official pre-season testing begins on July 3 and 4 and […]The post What you need to know about the Formula E tests appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com ...

The FIA Formula E Championship announced that it is finalising a partnership with the German automobile manufacturer BMW to become the official vehicle supplier for the series. The agreement would see BMW supply a fleet of its highly advanced fully-electric and hybrid vehicles to be used as course, medical and VIP cars at all race […]The post BMW to become official Formula E vehicle supplier appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com ...

The FIA Formula E Championship announced during its Global Launch in London that the series will partner with Greenpower Education Trust, an organisation designed to promote sustainable engineering to young people. The project sees students from 10 local schools designing and building their own electric race car, which will then race on the full Formula […]The post Formula E education programme: kids will build EV race cars appeared first o ...

The e.dams Formula E Team has announced Renault as its title sponsor and will be renamed to e.dams-Renault. The team, founded by Jean-Paul Driod and four-time Formula 1 World Champion Alain Prost, was pleased to secure former F1 driver Se?bastien Buemi and Alain?s son Nicolas Prost as its drivers. Alain Prost, co-owner of e.dams-Renault and […]The post Renault becomes e.Dams Formula E title sponsor, Buemi and Prost signed drivers appeared f ...

During the Formula E Global Launch in London, the organisers revealed that the season’s final race will be held within the grounds of Battersea Park in London. However the exact track layout is yet to be revealed, Battersea Park was rumoured earlier this year to stage the event, along with the streets around Wembley Stadium […]The post Battersea Park, London, will stage Formula E event appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com ...

During the official Global Launch of the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship, the organisers released a video of the team?s Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E cars driving on Westminster Bridge, together with the backdrop of the iconic Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Hosted by David Garrido, more than 500 guests attended the prestigious event […]The post Epic video: Formula E cars in the streets of London appeared first on ElectricAu ...

It’s unique in motorsports. In theory: fans are able to alter the outcome of a race. The FIA Formula E Championship introduces its ‘FanBoost’ feature where it put fans in charge of giving the most popular drivers an extra ‘power boost’. The car’s power is restricted to 133 kW (180 bhp) during the race, but […]The post The Formula E fanboost feature revealed: how it works appeared first on ElectricAutospor ...

Sunday, June 29, 2014

As last year’s winner Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima predicted: electric vehicles could be soon dominating the most important Hill Climb competition. At Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, the 92nd running of this famous ‘race to the clouds’ event has seen participants with electric vehicles among the fastest this edition. Only Romain Dumas with the Norma M20 […]The post Pikes Peak EV’s running order: three cars i ...

Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Super Aguri Formula E Team has acquired insurance company Amlin as its main sponsor and contracted Katherine Legge as one of its drivers. The team has been renamed as Amlin Aguri Formula E Team. This has been revealed on their official website. Legge is an experienced racer who has proved her prowess on both […]The post Katherine Legge to race for Super Aguri Formula E appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emiss ...

Venturi Grand Prix has announced that German former Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld, and St?phane Sarrazin, the talented French driver competing in Rally and the World Endurance Championship, have joined the Venturi Grand Prix Formula E team. Venturi Grand Prix has selected this professional duo to compete in the inaugural all-electric FIA Formula E Championship, […]The post Nick Heidfeld and St?phane Sarrazin to race for Venturi Formula E a ...

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The FIA Formula E Championship might have a race in Australia from season two. In talks with Speedcafe.com, Formula E CEO Alejandro Agag and South Australian Motorsport Board CEO Mark Warren have confirmed that talks are in place. Over two years, the motorsport body have been internally talking about the fully-electric racing series which starts […]The post Formula E going Down Under? Adelaide interested appeared first on ElectricAutosport. ...

Innovation in the automotive industry not always starts at the R&D departments of multinationals. Universities are playing an important role in developing new ideas, industry relevant projects and to come up with solutions to existing problems too. Designing new prototypes for racing have often found its roots in college. In anticipation of a hydrogen economy […]The post Stunning renders: how a hydrogen powered Radical sports car would ...

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Electric racing competition could be seen on tracks in the United States soon. Entropy Racing has successfully developed electric race cars and has the ambition to scale up to a full electric racing series. Electric racing for everyone? It might happen sooner than most think. Many electric prototypes have been built and records are being […]The post Entropy Racing to launch electric racing competition appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com ...

Monday, June 23, 2014

Despite only seven entries in the electric division of the 92nd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competition in Colorado Springs, USA, this weekend, there is much excitement expected. Will record holder Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima stand an attack from the Mitsubishi’s, or will an outsider take this year’s crown? Under drizzling weather conditions, Tajima won the […]The post Pikes Peak preview: tight competition in e ...

The FIA Formula E Championship has revealed the location and circuit layout for the Punta del Este ePrix ? the host for round three of the new global electric race series on December 13 2014. And what would you expect from the Monte-Carlo of South America? Right: nothing else than racing along the seaside boulevard. […]The post Punta del Este Formula E track: racing along the beach appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on z ...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Association des V?hicules ?lectriques du Qu?bec has discovered the FIA Formula E Championship’s weekend time schedule. Each weekend will feature two 45-minute practice sessions during the morning, a one hour qualifying session around lunch time and the race will start at 16:00 hour local time. This time schedule is slightly different in comparison with what […]The post Possible Formula E weekend time schedule: race at 4 pm appeared fi ...

Why aren’t we using solar power much more often? Endless driving, powered by the sun: that would be an ideal scenario. Before we get there, racing series across the world are being initiated to accelerate solar power technology. Indian students of the Manipal Institute of Technology are currently building an ‘energy positive’ solar car, meaning […]The post Indian students to build an ‘energy positive’ two seate ...

In exactly two weeks, the Formula E teams will complete their first official pre-season test day at their home track Donington Park in the United Kingdom. For the first time the teams will get a chance to run two cars each, after they performed an all systems check with their first received car early June. […]The post Donington Park will be the hub of electric racing appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emission ra ...

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Formula 1 race winner Jarno Trulli announced he is to form and manage a new team for the FIA Formula E Championship ? entitled TrulliGP Formula E Team ? with which he will race in the unique all-electric series. The 39-year-old Italian has taken over the entry of Drayson Racing and will race the car […]The post Jarno Trulli takes over Drayson Racing entry in Formula E appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emission r ...

The FIA Formula E Championship has uploaded a video about the developments of the electric racing series so far. From the launch of the car, to the first tests, assembly of the cars and launch of the operational centre at Donington Park circuit. But of course, the story goes much beyond these milestones. Here is […]The post Formula E story so far: extended overview +video appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emissi ...

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

As the inaugural Formula E championship whirrs towards its first-ever race start, the 20-driver grid continues to fill. This series will introduce the drivers that will race in the first ten ePrix events, starting today with Virgin Racing?s two announced pilots: Jaime Alguersuari and Sam Bird. Sam Bird While he?s never started a Grand Prix, […]The post The drivers of Formula E – Virgin Racing appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, t ...

The new lightweight electric race car built by Dutch students has been unveiled. Acceleration, manoeuvrability and a power to weight ratio of almost one hp per kilogramme must ensure that Delft University of Technology would be able to win the Formula Student electric division. The new car’s weight is less than 150 kilogramme and will […]The post Dutch students to compete with 1 hp per kg electric car appeared first on ElectricAutospo ...

It is the most challenging and important motorbike race of the year: the Isle of Man TT. The best riders and teams are united and lapping the island one by one as fast as possible. One particular class that caught attention by many spectators and international press, was the electric division: the TT Zero. John […]The post Blog: racing at Isle of Man TT pushes EV technology – new e-bike record appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, ...

Nissan made history at Le Mans on Saturday morning to record the first ever all-electric lap at Circuit de la Sarthe with the Nissan ZEOD RC. Driver Wolfgang Reip had the honour to complete the 13,6 kilometre (8,5 miles) course only by using the vehicle’s 110 kW electric motors, rotating at 40,000 rpm during the […]The post Le Mans history: Nissan ZEOD RC to complete all-electric lap appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the author ...

Friday, June 13, 2014

After winning the Dakar Rally in both the bike and car division and spending nine years as the series’ director, you can be called a legend. While most ‘petrol heads’ are sticking to their paths (yet), some are turning into another direction. Hubert Auriol knows a thing about challenges and adventures and has committed himself […]The post Hubert Auriol embraces electric racing by joining 80 Day Race appeared first on Elect ...

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Nissan ZEOD RC has recorded the highest ever speed by an electric vehicle at Le Mans with Japanese ace Satoshi Motoyama reaching 300km/h (or 186.41 mph) on the Mulsanne Straight in qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Motoyama reached the speed on his electric run, achieving one the key goals of the unique […]The post Video + data: Nissan ZEOD RC reaches 300 km/h in electric mode appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on ...

Drive eO returns to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 29 to test and develop their latest technologies. After an unfortunate 2013 campaign, the electric motorsport specialists from Latvia have developed an electric drive train system that has been packaged onto an existing Tesla Roadster chassis, almost doubling the power output of the […]The post Drive eO to hit Pikes Peak with 360 kW Tesla Roadster appeared first on Electric ...

Electric motorsport specialists Drive eO are returning to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 29 to test and develop their latest electric drive train system. The team has packaged it into a Tesla Roadster chassis, making the competitive debut in motorsport for Tesla ...

Nissan is to set a new milestone which will be remembered by driving the first lap of the 13,6 kilometres long Circuit de la Sarthe? fully electric. Arrived in Le Mans today, the Nissan ZEOD RC is ready for that challenge. After having completed ‘large sections‘ of the circuit on electric mode during a test […]The post Nissan ZEOD RC ready to electrify Le Mans appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emissi ...

The FIA Formula E Championship is pushing its green credentials by securing Hanergy Solar Group Limited, the world?s leading thin-film solar technology enterprise, as the official solar energy partner of the Beijing ePrix in September. For the first race of the new fully-electric racing series, Hanergy will install its customised rapid deployment solar power system […]The post Formula E Beijing ePrix partly powered by solar energy appeared ...

Monday, June 9, 2014

Got this in the ol’ mail box and thought I would share, and a thank you Arthur for the update. As a race fan I’d like to see more about the race itself, but I really do appreciate the detail about the riders and their bikes. Enjoy What beautiful racetrack and facility! We had perfect [… ...

Saturday, June 7, 2014

? While the Energica EGO tours Europe with Germany coming up, us Yanks will get our crack at a test ride as well. Test rides are scheduled for July 18th in San Francisco (Mission Motorcycles back yard no less), July 20th in LA, and July 30th in Bear Mountain, New York. If you want to [… ...

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Ok, here we are, in the afterglow of yet another TT Zero. It is a bit hard to believe it has been 5 years now. I am sure you noted where my loyalties lie, i.e. American education. Great job again, Buckeyes! Rob Barber came back at the end to just snatch the podium away from [… ...

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Teams competing in the FIA Formula E Championship familiarised themselves with the all-electric Spark-Renault SRT_01E cars at the Donington Park circuit in the United Kingdom today. A full day of testing in wet track conditions used for system checks and for the seven confirmed race drivers it was a first to get to know their […]The post Formula E teams completing shakedown – findings appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the autho ...

Mitsubishi Motors North America will compete in the Electric Modified Division of the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with a pair of? MiEV Evolution III 100% electric-powered purpose-built racecars in the 92nd running of the “Race to the Clouds” on June 29th near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb features […]The post Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III: upgraded to 450 kW for Pikes Pea ...

The teams competing in the FIA Formula E Championship are to shakedown their cars at Donington Park in the UK, today. These preparations are taking place in order to check all systems ahead of public testing next month. ElectricAutosport.com is putting together a compilation of what is happening: from information about what is going on, […]The post LIVE: Formula E shakedown at Donington Park appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the auth ...

The new fully-electric FIA Formula E Championship has embraced the power and knows the importance of social media by giving the fans the chance to vote for their favourite driver during the races. This ‘fanboost’ feature would enable the most popular driver to receive one extra ‘boost’, meaning that the car can make use of […]The post New details about the Formula E ‘fanboost’ feature appeared first on El ...

The Nissan ZEOD RC completed its first 24 laps of Circuit de la Sarthe, developing the car in which the team aims to complete an entire lap of Le Mans on pure electric power. That will be a first in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours race. GT Academy winner Wolfgang Reip and […]The post Nissan ZEOD RC completes large sections in Le Mans on EV power appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the authority on zero emission racing ...

Great onboard footage of the “2014 Team APEV with Monster Sport” fully-electric race car. The video shows Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima preparing himself for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competition which is scheduled from June 22 to June 29. The current EV record holder in the ‘race to the clouds’ hopes to sharpen his time […]The post Video: Onboard footage of Tajima preparing for Pikes Peak appea ...

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Well, my internet is spotty and getting all the details right has been impossible, so please just consider this a basic guide to what is going and check out the ESBK.co Facebook page for links to articles and updates from teams and riders. We finally got results with yesterday’s practice, which is the second practice [… ...

Meet Ho-Pin Tung: the first Chinese driver who ever test drove a Formula 1 car, scored various wins and titles in single seater competitions and fulfilled duties for BMW-Sauber and Renault F1. This year, the 31-year-old driver races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, the Asian Le Mans Series and the Le Mans 24 Hours. […]The post Interview: Ho-Pin Tung’s Formula E interest goes beyond racing appeared first on ElectricAutosport.com, the a ...